Garment-hook



(No Model.) H. S. BREWINGTON.

. GARMENT HOOK. No. 544,952. Patented Aug. 20, 1895.

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HENRY S. BREWINGTON, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

GARMENT-HOOK.

EIPECIFIGATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 544,952, dated August 20, 1895.

Application filed January 15, 1894:. Serial No. 4:97.007- (N model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HENRY S. BREWING- TON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Baltimore, State of Maryland, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Garment-Hooks, of which the following is a specification. V My invention relates to an improvement in hooks and eyes for connecting the meeting edges of garments; and itsjobject is to so construct the hook that when the eye is oonnected therewith the parts cannot become accidentally detached.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in Which- Figure 1 is a top or .plan view of the hook and eye connected. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same disconnected.

Referring to the drawings, the letter A designates the hook, and B the eye. The hook is formed, as usual, with the two ordinary loops or eyes 0 o, by which it is attached-to the garment, and the arms 01 d, reversely curved at f to form a tongue e. The advantage of this said how into the space between the points f and the loops 9 g. In this space the bow 71 has ample room to play back and forth in accommodating the eye B to the movements of the garments of the wearer; but when the strain upon the garment is'so great as to cause the shoulders to abut against the loops 9 g the latter act as stops to prevent further movement of the tongue. Thus great strain may be put on the hook and eye without danger of their becoming detached or injured.

What I claim as new is- 1. In a hook and eye, the hook member made of a single piece of wire, bent to form retaining coils, which are adapted to act in conjunction with the enlarged end of the tongue, to sustain extra strain when brought on said hook, as and for the purpose set forth.

2. In a hook, for use in connection with an eye, the arms cl, d, eyes 0, c, and loops 9, g, in combination with the tongue 2, enlarged at its extremity to form shoulders 11, adapted to, abut against the loops g, g, when extra strain is brought on the hook, as set forth.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

HENRY S. BREVVINGTON. 

